Ridley Scott Quotes

Learn to obey before you command.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Xavier McDaniel made me respect him. I thought I could do anything I wanted to. He grabbed me one time and almost choked me out. He said, 'You're going to do this. You're going to go get coffee. You're going to go get doughnuts.' It's a game of respect.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

I was the law and order.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

Trust your leaders and you will enjoy the fruits of your obedience.

My whip.

Believe me, Winston, that hat fits you perfectly. You are going gradually have to get used to me leading you.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it...People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Those who can, must obey.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for another master before whom to grovel.

Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.

Through obedience learn to command.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.